Cal Fires 12-year Coach Braun: California fired 12-year coach Ben Braun last week after the Golden Bears went 17-16 overall and missed the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five years. Athletic Director Sandy Barbour made the decision with the feeling that Cal had underachieved, a sentiment shared by players and fans, too. The Golden Bears were just 6-12 and finished ninth in the Pac-10 despite having a talented roster that included likely future NBA players Ryan Anderson, DeVon Hardin and Patrick Christopher. Braun leaves Cal with a 219-154 record. His best season was his first as the Bears’ coach in 1996-97, when they went 23-9 and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Cal also won the NIT in 1999.
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach